1badmf wrote on Apr 26, 2013, 12:16:
the history of this game's development doesn't leave much room for hope. this started out as a straight up xcom-cash-in-shooter, morphed into a mission-based research shooter, now a... whatever it is. too many hands in the cookie jar if you ask me. this will suffer from a lack of unified vision and a general blandness, i'd almost guarantee it. great art has never been the work of many hands, but the singular vision of one brilliant mind.

nin wrote on Apr 26, 2013, 09:33:

Sounds interesting, but I'll be waiting on a number of positive reviews...

RollinThundr wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 14:54:

Axis wrote on Apr 24, 2013, 11:33:

RollinThundr wrote on Apr 24, 2013, 10:24:

Cutter wrote on Apr 23, 2013, 12:50:

RollinThundr wrote on Apr 23, 2013, 12:21:
To be fair I haven't looked into who put this bill forward. But I'm willing to bet it was democrats. Gotta have some more tax dollars to spend.

Wrong again - as usual.

Difference being, I actually admit when I'm wrong. Something you or Beamer seem to be incapable of.

That's a good portion of vocal liberals man, blindly full of themselves because they know how shit their lives are with no one to blame... but blame they try!

A good portion of them also like to invent issues to deflect from actual important things like I dunno say the fucking economy. From everything to attacks on the 2nd amendment, to the "war on women" which is really more so pissed off feminazis and tumblr communities in the first place anyway.

saluk wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 12:32:

Beamer wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 12:03:
People on another board I post on are saying this is ridiculously fun 4 player.
Doesn't mean it's a good game, per se, just that they're loving it.

A game that's "ridiculously fun" that people are "loving" is not a good game? Obviously this was designed as a multiplayer experience, which is fine. If it's good at that, great! Coop games are my favorite, and I LOVE that it has single screen support. Just because it's a "PC" doesn't mean I cant gather some friends around my hdtv monitor.

PC's (should) make better consoles than consoles do.

Creston wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 11:34:
So the one part of EA that actually was doing well, actually cared somewhat about customer service, and which was making money gets closed?

New CEO, same insanity. Ca plus ce change, etc.

Creston

Verno wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 09:19:
No surprise here, EAs future plans seem to be doubling down on internal projects and microtransactions. Shame, Partners had some very creative stuff released but ultimately EA is more focused on things they can iterate on every year, their entire business is structured around it now.

Ant wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 05:04:

Saboth wrote on Apr 24, 2013, 21:24:
I enjoyed the game, but honestly, the puzzles in dungeon crawlers are my least favorite aspect. Looking for a discolored rock for an hour after inching through an entire level, or memorizing teleport patterns blows. How about letting me buy pet that is good at figuring out puzzles, and I just tell him to do it?

Ditto. I want action based with little/simple puzzles!

Creston wrote on Apr 24, 2013, 16:52:

Beamer wrote on Apr 24, 2013, 15:09:

Creston wrote on Apr 24, 2013, 15:01:

Yifes wrote on Apr 24, 2013, 13:14:
Also, alien packs DO roam around the map, just not all of them.

All of them CAN roam, but there is a limit of 5 monsters being 'active' at any one time on Impossible. (4 on classic, 3 on normal.)

If you use a mod to turn that limit off, things can get pretty hairy, as every monster in audio range will come see what's shooting the shit out of their ship. It's probably the most fun option to turn off in the game

Creston

This isn't quite true. I'm pretty certain that the limit is 5 on normal, and it's definitely above 5 on classic. I think I had 12 active at one point. It may have been 15. It was 4 or 5 groups that just kind of converged on me. Thank god for highest-level snipers.

I mean active as in "roaming." I should have explained that better.

Creston

The Phantom Chicken of CS_Italy wrote on Apr 24, 2013, 16:52:
I dunno.. I think it is possible to operate within this market and economy, earn a living, and still be aware enough to point out that many aspects are sexist even while contributing to it. For example, just because a meth addict says that meth is bad while still using it does not make the comment any less valid. If anything, it can be understood as all the more legitimate since the person making the comment is experiencing some of the negative consequences of these processes.

Blue wrote on Apr 24, 2013, 15:52:
You can't quote a post and then report it... you are reporting yourself too.

And as for the original rage-filled post, we try to post links to quarterly financial reporting of Microsoft, AMD, Intel, and Apple as well as game companies. You can type "quarterly" in the search box and see that for yourself.

If you don't trust me or don't approve of the coverage here, feel free to leave. Or you can make another post like that last one and you will be asked to.

Creston wrote on Apr 24, 2013, 15:01:

Yifes wrote on Apr 24, 2013, 13:14:
Also, alien packs DO roam around the map, just not all of them.

All of them CAN roam, but there is a limit of 5 monsters being 'active' at any one time on Impossible. (4 on classic, 3 on normal.)

If you use a mod to turn that limit off, things can get pretty hairy, as every monster in audio range will come see what's shooting the shit out of their ship. It's probably the most fun option to turn off in the game

Creston

Cutter wrote on Apr 24, 2013, 14:45:
Ball's Deep would be better.

theyarecomingforyou wrote on Apr 24, 2013, 14:13:
XCOM:EU was great. The enemy spawning was certainly an annoyance but not a major issue in the grand scheme of things. Personally I think the decision to allow saving in-mission was a mistake, as it makes it too easy to save-scum - it devalued the strategy map and the consequences for failure.

As for this game, at least they seem to have recognised the game was on the wrong track and hopefully the new direction will be an improvement. We'll see.

Yifes wrote on Apr 24, 2013, 13:14:

Beamer wrote on Apr 24, 2013, 10:44:
Screw editor. It needed to be random. Enemy placement needed to be random and roving rather than 3 guys in the same places, sitting there until discovered, and occasionally teleporting in front of you. And it needed to stop showing that damn in-engine cinematic every single time you come across 3 new enemies. Every time. Every damn time!

Alien placement is random. Try restarting the same mission multiple times (not from a saved game), a problem I've run into when I consistently failed the first mission on ironman impossible like a dozen times in a row. There are multiple spawn locations, which changes every time. The only enemy locations that are not random are some of the spawns in the story missions, like thin men add-ons halfway through a bomb diffusal, or "boss" locations.

Also, alien packs DO roam around the map, just not all of them. Incidentally this is why the teleportation bug exists, as it is a problem with unactivated alien pack movement when your line of sight is blocked.